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Are you Britain’s biggest Grand National fan? Take our fiendish quiz to test your Aintree knowledge

WHICH horse has won the most Nationals?

Do you know the favourites from the fallers?

Rachel Blackmore celebrates on Minella Times as she becomes the first woman to win The Randox Grand National in 2021
Tommy Stack on Red Rum jumping the last fence before winning the race
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  1. How many fences are there on the course?
  2. Red Rum is the most successful Grand National horse. How many times did he win?
  3. What year was the first Grand National held?
  4. The 1980 winner was named after a mountain. Which one?
  5. Which is the tallest fence, positioned in front of the grandstand?
  6. Who was the first female jockey to win and in what year?
  7. Which horse took the top prize in 1993?
  8. In 1928 the race had the lowest number of finishers. How many?
  9. Which fence is noted for its sharp left turn straight after?
  10. What are the longest odds of a Grand National winner?
  11. How long is the famous course?
  12. Who is the most successful Grand National jockey?
  13. How far is there between the last fence and the winning line?
  14. Why was the 1997 race postponed for 48 hours?
  15. The most starters ever were in 1929. How many were there?
  16. Which horse had the fastest winning time of 8min 47.8sec?
  17. Which year saw controversy after two horses were put down after suffering falls?
  18. How many grey horses have finished as winners?
  19. Which other major sporting event has been held at Aintree?
  20. Which horse won the first ever National?
  21. What was the lowest position Red Rum ever came?
  22. Which horse won in 2018 and 2019?
  23. Which famous comic owned the 1994 winner Miinnehoma?
  24. In 1981 jockey Bob Champion won on Aldaniti after recovering from what?
  25. Which fence, named after a former soldier who fell there in the first National, have jockeys compared to “jumping off the edge of the world”?

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